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Stallion: Nicking revolution, Soviet counter-revolution booklets

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In many cultures, a stallion symbolises power, strength and freedom and that’s the moniker, Assistant Minister of Health and Nata-Gweta legislator, Lawrence Ookeditse is whacked by. Mmegi Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE writes

“I love horses and I am a cowboy,” explains the ever-laughing legislator. He, however, insists that the name Stallion is not simply derived from his love for horses. There is a sentimental attachment to it.

“Someone had just written: ‘Nata-Gweta needs a new stallion’, and from that conversation, I got the moniker. And from that newspaper article, I got named Stallion. And it became a fitting name as it describes everything I am,” explains the former University of Botswana (UB) lecturer in Politics and International Relations.

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Stallion: Nicking revolution, Soviet counter-revolution booklets

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